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Subject: Re: [OM] (OM) OT Malware notices from Avast! Free antivirus
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 05:48:32 +0100
I suspect you are right, Brian, about Avast's selling techniques.

And I like the idea of the media holding the Government to account,
especially given the antics of Murdoch and the Barclays twins over here.
 But you presented us with a science programme which started with a rant;
I'm not going to take the rest of the programme seriously.

Chris

On Sunday, 7 August 2011, Brian Swale <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Twice in the last 24 hours as I have been visiting reputable web-sites, a
> notice from Avast! Free Antivirus has popped up telling me that it had
just
> trapped an item of malware, and how lucky I am to be using Avast. The pop-
> up included a link to an Avast page where I was offered Avast at $30/an.
>
> I now suspect they are running a hard-sell campaign based on scare
tactics.
>
> And a note to Chris about Leighton Smith's professionalism as a radio
> broadcaster. He's on talk-back radio, and his audience like him hugely.
> He is witty, smart, quick, and interesting. If a Minister of the Crown is
> behaving like an idiot, Leighton will tell the nation in just so many
words.
> Nobody in the world is immune from scathing words if they deserve it.
> Similarly, if praise is deserved, it is dished out on a silver platter.
>
> Brian Swale.
> --

>
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